IVECO and Nikola inaugurate the plant for the production of electric trucks

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IVECO and Nikola Corporation have inaugurated the new plant in Ulm , Germany within which it will be built the new Nikola Tre electric truck, fruit of the collaboration between the two companies. Production will begin. by the end of the year, in line with the schedule. Deliveries to the first American customers will therefore start as scheduled, without delay, in 2022.

This is good news. The joint venture between the two companies therefore begins to bear its first fruits, despite the difficulties, not only financial, that Nikola experienced. During the presentation event of the new plant, & egrave; The prototype of the fuel cell version of the Nikola Tre was shown. The next model will enter in production in Ulm by the end of 2023.

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The electric truck that will be produced inside this plant rests on the platform of the IVECO S-WAY truck with electric axle co-designed and produced by FPT Industrial. Together, the teams designed a modular platform where & egrave; It is possible to integrate both fuel cell technology and battery propulsion technology. According to what you can & ograve; read on Nikola's website, this truck has a powertrain of 480 kW powered by a 753 kWh battery which can & ograve; be recharged in direct current up to 240 kW. The autonomy reaches up to 563 km.

The factory where you will be & agrave; built, the electric truck covers an area of ​​ 50,000 square meters , of which 25,000 are covered. It is currently believed that the production line will be; capable of manufacturing about 1,000 units & agrave; per shift per year and a progressive increase in production is expected in the coming years. The site will have to operate according to the principles of the World Class Manufacturing program with the aim of achieving zero waste, zero accidents, zero breakdowns and zero stocks.

On the occasion of the inauguration of the production plant the result of the European joint venture between Nikola and IVECO in Ulm, Germany, the two companies announced a collaboration agreement for the testing and subsequent adoption of electric vehicles for heavy applications (Class 8 in the United States) and related charging infrastructure at the Port of Hamburg in 2022.

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